I don’t have a lot of experience with dogs. I’ve always loved them, but growing up I was never allowed to have one in the house. Now that I’m about to get my own place, I decided to sponsor a dog at my local shelter thinking that if we got along, I could adopt him when I move. He’s a mixed breed/mutt, possibly with some Husky genes thrown in, 1yr ( Read more... )

i feel like this is a dumb question, but i'd kind of like someone to maybe break this down for me like i'm an idiot. i have a fairly large dog -- 80 lbs. and he's pretty leash reactive. i got him from the shelter and while he's good at dog parks and well socialized, when he's on a leash he freaks out at other dogs, maybe from frustration from ( Read more... )

I posted a week or so ago asking about what sort of expectations people have for a loose leash walk with a puppy. Corrie is 4 months old and I was finding myself frustrated a lot with him pulling on the leash everywhere we went. There were two things I took from that conversation that are working out really well for me ( Read more... )

Hi, I've been reading the community for some time but never posted before. I have two lovely miniature schnauzers, the younger one is about 6 months old and is the source of the problem. I know schnauzers are easy to bark and have tried taking that into account when training both of them. My elder dog Gizmo does some guard barking but only little ( Read more... )

hi!  i'm a first-time poster, have been lurking a lot today on this community, but i have sort of a specific question.

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I am looking for some advice in a few different areas. We adopted a 9 month old chocolate lab/irish wolfhound cross 3 weeks ago. She doesn't seem to have been trained at all, besides minor crate training and kind of house breaking. ( Cut for length )

Ok I know I have seen posts about this before, but I can't seem to find them right now, so my apologies if this has been covered before.

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Here is another entry on what will probably be a series of little issues I have with my dear little Pug, Chester. Sorry, it's long ( Read more... )

Hey all. Quick question about the Heel.  I would like some opinions on this one - hopefully ( Read more... )

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